Re: [PATCH] CONTRIBUTE: Link WORG page when explaining commit message format

[Karl Fogel <kfogel@red-bean.com>]

On 15 Apr 2022, Robert Pluim wrote:
>>>>>> On Fri, 15 Apr 2022 17:33:33 +0800, Ihor Radchenko 
>>>>>> <yantar92@gmail.com> said:
>    Ihor>     - Org mode no longer uses ChangeLog entries to 
>    document changes.
>    Ihor> -     Instead, special commit messages are used, as 
>    described in the
>    Ihor> -     `CONTRIBUTE' file in the main Emacs repository.
>    Ihor> +     Instead, special commit messages are used.  The 
>    commit message
>    Ihor> +     format generally follows Emacs conventions, as 
>    described in the
>    Ihor> +     `CONTRIBUTE' file in the main Emacs repository. 
>    Several more
>    Ihor> +     Org-specific conventions are described in
>    Ihor> + 
>    [[https://orgmode.org/worg/org-contribute.html#commit-messages][worg/org-contribute#commit-messages]].
>
>It might be good to mention `magit-generate-changelog' there as 
>an
>easy way to produce the ChangeLog format entry (it doesnʼt 
>require you
>to iterate over the diff hunks, and you can call it from the 
>magit
>commit buffer).

I really like the patch, Ihor -- it's already a big improvement! 
(I haven't tested Robert's suggestion of 
`magit-generate-changelog', but it seems like a reasonable hint to 
include, given Magit's popularity.)

Best regards,
-Karl